Chapter 588: Defending Harbin in the Northeast of the Anti-Japanese War (3)

On the eastern front, Feng Zhanhai guarded the Nangang and Sankeshu areas, and on the front line were the two bearded brigade commanders Gong Changhai and Yao Bingqian. A few days after they were defeated by the puppet army in Lalincang, the so-called enemies saw each other, and they were extremely red-eyed, and there was no need to mobilize at all, and the officers and soldiers were holding their breath.

Moreover, this time, there were many people on Feng Zhanhai's side, and under the brave fighting of the two bearded brigade commanders, the puppet army retreated step by step. Although there were Japanese planes in the sky to help, the Japanese planes were small in number and most of them were reconnaissance planes, which did not help the puppet army on the ground at all, and their planes were all in Liaoxi and Heilongjiang at the moment.

Feng Zhanhai's department even shot down a Japanese school firing plane that corrected the target for the puppet artillery, and the Japanese artillery Captain Shimizu who was carrying it refused to surrender and was killed.

Along the front railway, Li Du personally commanded the front line, and his troops also repelled the attack of the puppet army very smoothly. For the puppet army, the victory in the two battles of Elm and Lalincang relied on concentrating troops to fight more and less, and everything naturally went smoothly if the battle was won, but once the war did not go well, the situation would be out of control. Because of being thugs for the Japanese, the ordinary officers and soldiers of the puppet army are still very resistant in their hearts.

For example, the puppet army Wang Shutang Brigade was originally sent by Yanji Town Guard Jixing to support Xiqia, and the backbone was the 8 companies of the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 7th Regiment originally led by Wang Shutang. This force was born out of the regular army and was pinned on by Yu Datou. But what Yu Datou didn't expect was that this brigade was in a strong anti-war mood. When they set out from Dunhua, the officers and men of the two battalions collectively refused to board the bus. It wasn't until Jixing came to lie to the soldiers that this was just a defensive adjustment, not a war, that the two battalions were coaxed over. Now that the battle is so fierce, the officers and men of Wang Shutang's brigade have long found that they have been deceived, and the army has no fighting spirit.

In this way, the battle was fought until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and from Shanghao to Sankeshu, the puppet army's offensive was completely defeated.

The puppet army is not going well, and people's hearts are fluctuating. Helping the Japanese fight the Chinese, the general puppet army is actually not very happy, seeing that the situation is not right, it is even more chaotic. Tian Desheng, the commander of the puppet army, surrendered on the spot with his own men and horses.

Early the next morning, the Northeast Army, which had the upper hand, began to attack on all fronts, and Feng Zhanhai's troops had already advanced to the area of Nangang Jile Temple and Confucian Temple, and the puppet army resisted desperately, and the battle was very fierce, and the two sides used artillery to bombard each other.

At this time, the disadvantage of the puppet army's insufficient strength was also fully manifested, from the upper number in the south of Harbin to the Confucian Temple in the east, the battle line was more than ten miles long, and the 9,000 puppet army was prepared for the left and lost the right. The palace chief's sea cavalry, which had been unable to perform in positional warfare before, began to exert its power.

As in the battle at Lalincang, this green forest cavalry began to attack in a roundabout way, they successfully broke through the weak point of the chaotic puppet army's defensive position, detoured back to the back of the puppet army, launched an attack, and the puppet army that was attacked by the enemy on its back could no longer maintain the battle line, and finally was completely defeated.

Yu Datou watched his nephew and son-in-law lead the cavalry to roar over, sweeping his flanks, and knew that it was difficult to hold on, so he could only issue a general retreat order.

Although the old and spicy Yu Datou was defeated, under the restraint of his efforts, the puppet army did not evolve into a great rout of the collapse of the whole army, but slowly retreated in a very orderly manner, and still maintained considerable combat strength.

When the puppet army retreated, Gong Changhai's cavalry organized a pursuit, and it was not until more than 30 miles that the troops were collected.

Although this battle was won, the Northeast Army also paid a lot of price, and the battle was still very hard, and even Feng Zhanhai's chief of staff, Deng Naibai, was seriously injured in the battle.

This hard-won victory made the military and people of Harbin still ecstatic. The officers and men of the Northeast who returned from the victory marched into Harbin, and people from all walks of life welcomed them in the streets, and colorful flags flew and flowers were all over the sky. In the evening of the same day, Harbin business and academia also held a joint conference, representatives from all walks of life spoke one after another, praising the victory of the Northeast Army, and the Harbin Chamber of Commerce also donated 500,000 yuan on the spot. …,

At this time, Han Guangdi led Wang De and Wang Tiehan to be on their way to Harbin. However, the upcoming Han Guangdi has become a heart problem for Li Du and Ding Chao, especially Zhang Jinghui, who openly opposed the Eastern Resistance to Harbin, which had been fought in Siping and the Kwantung Army for more than a month.

After the three of them discussed urgently, Li Du sent his adjutant Zhou Wei to carry the 100,000 oceans proposed by Zhang Jinghui from the Frontier Bank of the Eastern Provincial Special Zone, as well as five truckloads of pork and liquor, to welcome Han Guangdi.

On the way, after Zhou Wei saw Han Guangdi, he told Han Guangdi, "The battle in Harbin is over, and the Northeast Army has won a great victory." At the same time, on behalf of Li Du and Ding Chao, he thanked Han Guangdi for his help. However, he said that the Harbin garrison was too large to accommodate the Eastern Resistance, and asked Han Guangdi to lead his troops back to Songyuan. ”

Zhou, as a representative, Li Du and Ding Chao, also told Han Guangdi that if the puppet army attacked Songyuan, they would also go to help.

This obvious act of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge made Wang Tiehan and Wang De angry. However, people were not welcome and could not enter Harbin, so Han Guangdi had to lead his troops back to Songyuan, and at the same time telegraphed Song Zhewu to ask for instructions on the next move.

Regarding the attitudes of Li Du, Ding Chao and others, Song Zhewu had already expected them. The Northeast Army refuses to fight together, so it will come by itself. However, in view of the fact that Han Guang's first division has suffered a serious injury, although there are now more than 40,000 people in the three divisions, the vast majority of them are new recruits, veterans with combat effectiveness, and less than 10,000 people. It is simply impossible to expect these troops to create a situation near Harbin.

After careful consideration, Song Zhewu ordered Han Guangdi to set up a guerrilla detachment based on Song Xizeng's mountain and forest garrison and special operations troops, with Luo Hu as the commander of the detachment, Song Xizeng and Li Dahai as deputy commanders, and Li Jichuan as chief of staff, to secretly go to Mudanjiang, Mishan, Jiamusi, Suihua, Hailun, and other places to set up camps, develop troops, and prepare to fight guerrilla warfare with the Kwantung Army.

Song Zhewu This is the aftermath of the deployment of the Kwantung Army to occupy most of the northeast. His aim was to form a small force from people like Song Xizeng and Li Dahai, who had experience in fighting in the mountains and forests, to imitate the later volunteers and the Anti-Japanese Alliance, to strike at the enemy's rear, and at the same time lay the foundation for the recovery of the northeast in the future.

Ordered Han Guangdi and Wang Tiehan to select experienced veterans to form the Jiangnan Column, and led his troops to secretly move westward, preparing to meet the eastern invasion of the Kwantung Army in Shuangcheng.

Wang De was ordered to lead the rest of the troops to the north and reorganize at Wuchagou.

Yu Datou puppet army failed to attack, and Honjo Fan was naturally clear. If the puppet army can occupy Harbin independently, of course, Honjo Shigeru will not be able to ask for it, but if the puppet army is not progressing well, the Japanese will not be afraid to jump out and attack Harbin shirtless. After the puppet army's attack on Harbin was frustrated, Honjo Shigeru immediately began to organize troops and prepare to attack Harbin.

Shigeru Honjo issued an order to march to Harbin, requiring Major General Hasebe, commander of the 3rd Brigade, to command the 4th Infantry Wing, the 1st Brigade of the 8th Field Artillery Wing, and two chariots to Harbin. At the same time, the 29th Wing stationed in Shenyang was ordered to prepare for sortie.

In order for the Kwantung Army to enter and occupy Harbin, it must first occupy Shuangcheng.

Twin Castles, also known as Twin Castles. As soon as you hear the name, you know that there are two cities here, but they are all old imperial calendars. During the Jin Dynasty, there were indeed two castles here, but they have long since disappeared. It was not until the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty that the city was re-established here, so the two abandoned castles were named Shuangcheng.

The Twin Cities really flourished after the completion of the Eastern Railway.

As the saying goes, when the train rings, there are ten thousand taels of gold. The transportation is convenient, there are more merchants in the past, and the twin cities are lively. And the transportation is convenient, and the military value is also revealed.

Shuangcheng is very close to Harbin, only 50 kilometers away, and you can get there in the blink of an eye by train. As a result, the twin cities have become a veritable southern gate of Harbin. Since the twin cities are gates, it is natural to look at the gates. At this time, Shuangcheng was stationed with the 22nd Brigade of the Jilin Northeast Army. If the Kwantung Army wants to take a train from Changchun to Harbin along the Eastern Railway, then Shuangcheng is a must-pass place, and it has to ask the 22nd Brigade whether it agrees. …,

The 22nd Independent Brigade of the Northeast Army is one of the three national defense brigades in Jilin and is relatively well equipped. The 22nd Brigade had three regiments, the 661st Regiment was far away in Dunhua, and the 663rd Regiment was stationed in Laoshaogou, south of the Songhua River. The brigade headquarters and the 662nd Regiment were stationed in Twin Cities.

The brigade commander of the 22nd Brigade was originally Su Dechen, but when the incident happened, the Su Brigade Commander handed over the 22nd Brigade to Zhao Yi, the commander of the 662nd Regiment, and ran away by himself, and it is said that he ran away to become a monk.

Zhao Yi, who was born in a professional class, graduated from the artillery department of the 9th phase of the Baoding Military Academy, and can be regarded as a closed disciple of the Baoding Military Academy.

Baoding Military Academy is not only established before the Huangpu Military Academy, but also the most prestigious military academy in China. Graduated from a famous school, and a native of Northeast Liaoning, Zhao Yi naturally received special attention after joining the Northeast Army, the Chinese have always come to the sect, the graduates of the Baoding Military Academy have real power in the Northeast Army, Zhao Yi, as long as the junior brother is well-behaved, the seniors naturally take more care. Zhao Yi is also like a fish in water.

In just 5 years, Zhao Yi was promoted from second lieutenant to major, and he was already a regiment commander after 9 years in the army.

The reason why Zhao Yi became the brigade commander was that his former brigade commander Su Dechen was on the sidelines, but Zhao Yi asked for resistance to Japan, but as a result, Brigade Commander Su was unpopular and had to run away obediently. However, what made Song Zhewu strange was that after Commander Zhao became Brigade Commander Zhao, he did not raise the banner of resistance against Japan, according to Qi Xingya's intelligence, Zhao Yi was there endless messengers on both sides.

Moreover, Zhao Yi's approach during this period of time is really debatable.

Xiqia also sent someone to give Zhao Yi 35,000 oceans of military expenses, and Zhao Yi received it correctly.

In September, Zhang Zuozhou and Feng Zhanhai swore to resist Japan, and Zhao Yi was silent.

Three months later, Yu Datou's puppet army went on a northern expedition and defeated Zhang Zuozhou, but Zhao Yi was still silent.

Feng Zhanhai and the puppet army fought against Lalincang, the battlefield was less than a hundred miles away from Zhao Yi's twin cities, Zhao Yi still stood still, watching Feng Zhanhai's troops be defeated by Yu Datou's puppet army. It wasn't until the battle was over that Zhao Yi rushed to Lalincang.

It's just that when Zhao Yi came to Lalincang, he didn't bring troops to fight the puppet army, but he rushed to talk with him at the invitation of Yu Datou, the commander of the puppet army.

What did Zhao Yi and Yu Datou talk about? ……

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